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MS. Rawl. C. 538

Summary Catalogue no.: 15486

Contents

Ps.-Aristotle, Secreta secretorum (French translation)
Language(s): Middle French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

By Jacquemart d'Hesdin. Pächt and Alexander i. 620, pl. XLVIII:

Fine miniature.

Fine borders.

Fine initials.

History

Origin: 14th century, end ; French

Provenance and Acquisition

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Quarto Catalogue (W. D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecæ Bodleianæ...viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum...complectens, Quarto Catalogues V, 5 fascicles, 1862–1900). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1966).
Quarto Catalogue, col. 289
Summary Catalogue, vol. 3, p. 434

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2019-10-31: Toby Burrows/Mapping Manuscript MigrationsProvenance and acquisition information added using https://github.com/mapping-manuscript-migrations/oxford-tei-updates/blob/master/update_oxford_prov.rb in collaboration with the Mapping Manuscript Migrations project.